contact information:
phone: 312.558.3870
e-mail: DGraff@mbres.com

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David R. Graff
Senior Vice President
Project Services

Beginning his real estate career in 1982, Mr. Graff has diversified experience in development, project management, construction, brokerage, leasing, marketing, facility management, and architecture as an owner and on behalf of third party clients.

Under his direction since 2005, the MB Real Estate Project Services division has completed over $100 million in projects and has another $275 million currently under construction or scheduled to start by spring 2010. During his career he has completed over $500 million worth of development, re-development, tenant improvements, acquisitions and dispositions. He is currently overseeing two LEED Gold developments.

Mr. Graff has led projects ranging from tenant improvements to ground-up developments in the commercial and residential sectors. His career highlights include managing commercial office construction projects totaling over 2 million square feet, completing over $50 million in building and lobby renovations, overseeing the $2 million renovation of Toronto’s Skydome, and leading the successful $165 million national roll-out development of 66 assisted living projects in 6 states.

Prior to selling his company to MB Real Estate, Mr. Graff founded Keystone Real Estate Services, a firm specializing in owner representation and project management. The firm managed successful planning, design, entitlement, bidding, construction, move-in, and closeout projects for clients including commercial office tenants, residential and retail developers, lenders, private schools, and building owners. MB Real Estate acquired Keystone Real Estate in November 2005.

Prior to founding Keystone Real Estate Services, Mr. Graff was a Senior Vice President at The Walken Company. Before that, he was a senior planner at Chicago’s RMM, Inc. design firm.

Mr. Graff holds a degree in Architecture/Environmental Design from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an advanced professional degree in architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a licensed real estate broker in Illinois and is an accredited LEED professional.